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Women’s Golf -- NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!
08-05-2026, 10:07 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-05-2026, 11:31 AM by Spiny_Norman.)
The US Women's Amateur is being held this week at the Honors Course in Ooltewah, TN, near Chattanooga. Megha Ganne is the defending champion but she has since turned pro.
The past, present and future of Stanford women's golf is represented. Alumna Rachel Heck is in the field along with incoming frosh Jude Lee, junior-to-be Leigh Chien, and commits Asterisk Talley, Aphrodite Deng and Clairey Lin.
Today is the final round of stroke play qualifying. After today, the low 64 players advance to match play.
Lin is currently T3 and has completed her round
Talley is T7 but plays later in the day
Deng is T7 and has completed her round
Lee is T30 and has completed her round
Heck is in the clubhouse at T69 but most of the field is still to play. She will continue to move up the leaderboard as players fall behind her on the tough course. Heck has a very good shot at making match play.
Chien is the only player who is not in the running for match play at T133.
Leaderboard here - https://championships.usga.org/uswomensa...oring.html
The past, present and future of Stanford women's golf is represented. Alumna Rachel Heck is in the field along with incoming frosh Jude Lee, junior-to-be Leigh Chien, and commits Asterisk Talley, Aphrodite Deng and Clairey Lin.
Today is the final round of stroke play qualifying. After today, the low 64 players advance to match play.
Lin is currently T3 and has completed her round
Talley is T7 but plays later in the day
Deng is T7 and has completed her round
Lee is T30 and has completed her round
Heck is in the clubhouse at T69 but most of the field is still to play. She will continue to move up the leaderboard as players fall behind her on the tough course. Heck has a very good shot at making match play.
Chien is the only player who is not in the running for match play at T133.
Leaderboard here - https://championships.usga.org/uswomensa...oring.html
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
(This post was last modified: 08-05-2026, 11:31 AM by Spiny_Norman.)
The US Women's Amateur is being held this week at the Honors Course in Ooltewah, TN, near Chattanooga. Megha Ganne is the defending champion but she has since turned pro.
The past, present and future of Stanford women's golf is represented. Alumna Rachel Heck is in the field along with incoming frosh Jude Lee, junior-to-be Leigh Chien, and commits Asterisk Talley, Aphrodite Deng and Clairey Lin.
Today is the final round of stroke play qualifying. After today, the low 64 players advance to match play.
Lin is currently T3 and has completed her round
Talley is T7 but plays later in the day
Deng is T7 and has completed her round
Lee is T30 and has completed her round
Heck is in the clubhouse at T69 but most of the field is still to play. She will continue to move up the leaderboard as players fall behind her on the tough course. Heck has a very good shot at making match play.
Chien is the only player who is not in the running for match play at T133.
Leaderboard here - https://championships.usga.org/uswomensa...oring.html
The past, present and future of Stanford women's golf is represented. Alumna Rachel Heck is in the field along with incoming frosh Jude Lee, junior-to-be Leigh Chien, and commits Asterisk Talley, Aphrodite Deng and Clairey Lin.
Today is the final round of stroke play qualifying. After today, the low 64 players advance to match play.
Lin is currently T3 and has completed her round
Talley is T7 but plays later in the day
Deng is T7 and has completed her round
Lee is T30 and has completed her round
Heck is in the clubhouse at T69 but most of the field is still to play. She will continue to move up the leaderboard as players fall behind her on the tough course. Heck has a very good shot at making match play.
Chien is the only player who is not in the running for match play at T133.
Leaderboard here - https://championships.usga.org/uswomensa...oring.html
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
08-05-2026, 11:30 AM
(08-05-2026, 10:41 AM)Spike Wrote: Thanks Spiny
Great fun following these Stanford-studded tournaments.
And as you probably also noticed, none of Stanford's 4 European players is in the field. I think they use the summer to spend time with friends and family and play closer to home, maybe get some rest too, before returning to the US for the start of fall quarter.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
(08-05-2026, 10:41 AM)Spike Wrote: Thanks Spiny
Great fun following these Stanford-studded tournaments.
And as you probably also noticed, none of Stanford's 4 European players is in the field. I think they use the summer to spend time with friends and family and play closer to home, maybe get some rest too, before returning to the US for the start of fall quarter.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
(08-05-2026, 11:30 AM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: And as you probably also noticed, none of Stanford's 4 European players is in the field. I think they use the summer to spend time with friends and family and play closer to home, maybe get some rest too, before returning to the US for the start of fall quarter.
Sampedro tied for 29th at 4 over par at the AIG Women's British Open and was low amateur for the second year in a row, and an MSN article confirms: "Sampedro plans to take off the rest of the summer before heading back to Stanford for her senior year. The No. 2-ranked amateur in the world, Sampedro was one of only two amateurs to make the cut, joined by South Korea's Yunseo Yang (T-54)."
(08-05-2026, 11:30 AM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: And as you probably also noticed, none of Stanford's 4 European players is in the field. I think they use the summer to spend time with friends and family and play closer to home, maybe get some rest too, before returning to the US for the start of fall quarter.
Sampedro tied for 29th at 4 over par at the AIG Women's British Open and was low amateur for the second year in a row, and an MSN article confirms: "Sampedro plans to take off the rest of the summer before heading back to Stanford for her senior year. The No. 2-ranked amateur in the world, Sampedro was one of only two amateurs to make the cut, joined by South Korea's Yunseo Yang (T-54)."
08-06-2026, 09:40 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-06-2026, 10:12 AM by Spiny_Norman.)
5 Stanford affiliated golfers made the field of 64 for match play of the US Women's Amateur.
Jude Lee (frosh), Rachel Heck (alum) and commits Aphrodite Deng, Asterisk Talley and Clairey Lin.
The draw has placed Deng (7th ranked amateur in the world), Talley (8th) and Lin (56th) all in the same quarter of the bracket along with Farah O'Keefe (4th and the highest ranked amateur in the field) and Vanessa Borovilos (17th). Whichever player makes it out of this quarter to reach the semifinals will have run a gauntlet.
Lee is playing Ella Scaysbrook who made it to the semifinals of last year's national amateur before losing to Megha Ganne.
Heck is playing Anna Davis, a 2 time All American from Auburn.
Edit update - I missed that Anna Fang, another Stanford commit, is also in the field of 64.
Jude Lee (frosh), Rachel Heck (alum) and commits Aphrodite Deng, Asterisk Talley and Clairey Lin.
The draw has placed Deng (7th ranked amateur in the world), Talley (8th) and Lin (56th) all in the same quarter of the bracket along with Farah O'Keefe (4th and the highest ranked amateur in the field) and Vanessa Borovilos (17th). Whichever player makes it out of this quarter to reach the semifinals will have run a gauntlet.
Lee is playing Ella Scaysbrook who made it to the semifinals of last year's national amateur before losing to Megha Ganne.
Heck is playing Anna Davis, a 2 time All American from Auburn.
Edit update - I missed that Anna Fang, another Stanford commit, is also in the field of 64.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
(This post was last modified: 08-06-2026, 10:12 AM by Spiny_Norman.)
5 Stanford affiliated golfers made the field of 64 for match play of the US Women's Amateur.
Jude Lee (frosh), Rachel Heck (alum) and commits Aphrodite Deng, Asterisk Talley and Clairey Lin.
The draw has placed Deng (7th ranked amateur in the world), Talley (8th) and Lin (56th) all in the same quarter of the bracket along with Farah O'Keefe (4th and the highest ranked amateur in the field) and Vanessa Borovilos (17th). Whichever player makes it out of this quarter to reach the semifinals will have run a gauntlet.
Lee is playing Ella Scaysbrook who made it to the semifinals of last year's national amateur before losing to Megha Ganne.
Heck is playing Anna Davis, a 2 time All American from Auburn.
Edit update - I missed that Anna Fang, another Stanford commit, is also in the field of 64.
Jude Lee (frosh), Rachel Heck (alum) and commits Aphrodite Deng, Asterisk Talley and Clairey Lin.
The draw has placed Deng (7th ranked amateur in the world), Talley (8th) and Lin (56th) all in the same quarter of the bracket along with Farah O'Keefe (4th and the highest ranked amateur in the field) and Vanessa Borovilos (17th). Whichever player makes it out of this quarter to reach the semifinals will have run a gauntlet.
Lee is playing Ella Scaysbrook who made it to the semifinals of last year's national amateur before losing to Megha Ganne.
Heck is playing Anna Davis, a 2 time All American from Auburn.
Edit update - I missed that Anna Fang, another Stanford commit, is also in the field of 64.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
#61 Heck is 2 up over #4 Davis thru 9. I'm sure Davis is wondering why the heck she got matched up in the first round with this former Women's Amateur semifinalist and NCAA individual champion.
Jude Lee is tied thru 11
Jude Lee is tied thru 11
#61 Heck is 2 up over #4 Davis thru 9. I'm sure Davis is wondering why the heck she got matched up in the first round with this former Women's Amateur semifinalist and NCAA individual champion.
Jude Lee is tied thru 11
Jude Lee is tied thru 11
08-06-2026, 03:16 PM
Neat feature on the leaderboard: at least for the earlier completed matches, you can watch the pair's shots on some individual holes, with the broadcast commentators heard along with the video
08-06-2026, 04:32 PM
Lee lost 3 and 2. She was all square through 12 then bogeyed 3 of the final 4 holes.
Heck won 1 up
Fang won 2 and 1
There was a weather delay of several hours so they will run out of daylight before all matches are completed. As of 7:30 eastern,
Talley is 4 up with 4 to play
Deng is 1 up with 5 to play
Lin is 1 up with 7 to play
Tomorrow will be a very long day. The plan is to play the rounds of 32 and 16. So they will probably start the round of 32 matches even as the round of 64 matches are being completed. Oh and once again the forecast is for thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Golf Channel will have live coverage from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm eastern.
Heck won 1 up
Fang won 2 and 1
There was a weather delay of several hours so they will run out of daylight before all matches are completed. As of 7:30 eastern,
Talley is 4 up with 4 to play
Deng is 1 up with 5 to play
Lin is 1 up with 7 to play
Tomorrow will be a very long day. The plan is to play the rounds of 32 and 16. So they will probably start the round of 32 matches even as the round of 64 matches are being completed. Oh and once again the forecast is for thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Golf Channel will have live coverage from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm eastern.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
Lee lost 3 and 2. She was all square through 12 then bogeyed 3 of the final 4 holes.
Heck won 1 up
Fang won 2 and 1
There was a weather delay of several hours so they will run out of daylight before all matches are completed. As of 7:30 eastern,
Talley is 4 up with 4 to play
Deng is 1 up with 5 to play
Lin is 1 up with 7 to play
Tomorrow will be a very long day. The plan is to play the rounds of 32 and 16. So they will probably start the round of 32 matches even as the round of 64 matches are being completed. Oh and once again the forecast is for thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Golf Channel will have live coverage from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm eastern.
Heck won 1 up
Fang won 2 and 1
There was a weather delay of several hours so they will run out of daylight before all matches are completed. As of 7:30 eastern,
Talley is 4 up with 4 to play
Deng is 1 up with 5 to play
Lin is 1 up with 7 to play
Tomorrow will be a very long day. The plan is to play the rounds of 32 and 16. So they will probably start the round of 32 matches even as the round of 64 matches are being completed. Oh and once again the forecast is for thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Golf Channel will have live coverage from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm eastern.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
08-07-2026, 11:55 AM
(08-07-2026, 10:30 AM)mbdude Wrote: Heck wins 3 and 2
Two commits also won in the round of 32 - Clairey Lin and Asterisk Talley.
However commit Anna Fang lost.
What Heck is doing is amazing. She has a full time job and is a part-time golfer. She is from Tennessee and the home state fans are cheering her on.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
(08-07-2026, 10:30 AM)mbdude Wrote: Heck wins 3 and 2
Two commits also won in the round of 32 - Clairey Lin and Asterisk Talley.
However commit Anna Fang lost.
What Heck is doing is amazing. She has a full time job and is a part-time golfer. She is from Tennessee and the home state fans are cheering her on.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
08-07-2026, 12:23 PM
Rachel Heck and Luke Bryan had a go at hole 11 on The Honors Course. Fun watch.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
Rachel Heck and Luke Bryan had a go at hole 11 on The Honors Course. Fun watch.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
08-07-2026, 02:12 PM
(08-07-2026, 12:23 PM)Papa John Wrote: Rachel Heck and Luke Bryan had a go at hole 11 on The Honors Course. Fun watch.
Rachel is such a delight. Great to see her big smile and enthusiasm again.
(08-07-2026, 12:23 PM)Papa John Wrote: Rachel Heck and Luke Bryan had a go at hole 11 on The Honors Course. Fun watch.
Rachel is such a delight. Great to see her big smile and enthusiasm again.
08-07-2026, 09:00 PM
(08-07-2026, 11:55 AM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: [quote="mbdude" pid='451884' dateline='1786123852']The broadcasters the first match day were commenting that she had hit a couple "wild" shots but also hit some incredible ones. One of the video clips on her scoreline that day shows her hit a blind approach shot up a sizable hill to the green, ending up 2 feet from the hole. She hit a different approach shot to 2 feet as well. She's naturally lost some consistency but still has the touch.
Heck wins 3 and 2 . . .
What Heck is doing is amazing. She has a full time job and is a part-time golfer.
(08-07-2026, 11:55 AM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: [quote="mbdude" pid='451884' dateline='1786123852']The broadcasters the first match day were commenting that she had hit a couple "wild" shots but also hit some incredible ones. One of the video clips on her scoreline that day shows her hit a blind approach shot up a sizable hill to the green, ending up 2 feet from the hole. She hit a different approach shot to 2 feet as well. She's naturally lost some consistency but still has the touch.
Heck wins 3 and 2 . . .
What Heck is doing is amazing. She has a full time job and is a part-time golfer.
08-08-2026, 11:57 AM
Some updates.
Rachel Heck’s journey ended in the round of 16, losing 2-up to Pimchompoo Chaisilprungruang from Thailand.
Clairey Lin lost in 19 holes in the round of 16 to Maggie (Jiayi) Ma. Lin was 1-up with 1 hole to go, but Ma birdied the 18th and the extra hole to win the match.
Asterisk Talley Won her round of 16 match against Australian Rachel Lee 3 and 2, then won her quarterfinal match in 19 today by birdying the 19th hole against Ma. She had been 3 holes up with three to play, and Ma almost pulled off an even more impressive comeback, going birdie-eagle-birdie in the last three holes to tie it. Impressive fight by Ma, but great job by Talley to not get rattled and win it in 19.
Talley will play Lily Peng, a UCLA commit from San Ramon, in the semi-finals.
BC
Rachel Heck’s journey ended in the round of 16, losing 2-up to Pimchompoo Chaisilprungruang from Thailand.
Clairey Lin lost in 19 holes in the round of 16 to Maggie (Jiayi) Ma. Lin was 1-up with 1 hole to go, but Ma birdied the 18th and the extra hole to win the match.
Asterisk Talley Won her round of 16 match against Australian Rachel Lee 3 and 2, then won her quarterfinal match in 19 today by birdying the 19th hole against Ma. She had been 3 holes up with three to play, and Ma almost pulled off an even more impressive comeback, going birdie-eagle-birdie in the last three holes to tie it. Impressive fight by Ma, but great job by Talley to not get rattled and win it in 19.
Talley will play Lily Peng, a UCLA commit from San Ramon, in the semi-finals.
BC
Some updates.
Rachel Heck’s journey ended in the round of 16, losing 2-up to Pimchompoo Chaisilprungruang from Thailand.
Clairey Lin lost in 19 holes in the round of 16 to Maggie (Jiayi) Ma. Lin was 1-up with 1 hole to go, but Ma birdied the 18th and the extra hole to win the match.
Asterisk Talley Won her round of 16 match against Australian Rachel Lee 3 and 2, then won her quarterfinal match in 19 today by birdying the 19th hole against Ma. She had been 3 holes up with three to play, and Ma almost pulled off an even more impressive comeback, going birdie-eagle-birdie in the last three holes to tie it. Impressive fight by Ma, but great job by Talley to not get rattled and win it in 19.
Talley will play Lily Peng, a UCLA commit from San Ramon, in the semi-finals.
BC
Rachel Heck’s journey ended in the round of 16, losing 2-up to Pimchompoo Chaisilprungruang from Thailand.
Clairey Lin lost in 19 holes in the round of 16 to Maggie (Jiayi) Ma. Lin was 1-up with 1 hole to go, but Ma birdied the 18th and the extra hole to win the match.
Asterisk Talley Won her round of 16 match against Australian Rachel Lee 3 and 2, then won her quarterfinal match in 19 today by birdying the 19th hole against Ma. She had been 3 holes up with three to play, and Ma almost pulled off an even more impressive comeback, going birdie-eagle-birdie in the last three holes to tie it. Impressive fight by Ma, but great job by Talley to not get rattled and win it in 19.
Talley will play Lily Peng, a UCLA commit from San Ramon, in the semi-finals.
BC
(This post was last modified: 08-09-2026, 06:20 PM by CompSci87.)
Looks like they are done for the day after the 9th hole; Talley is 3-up.
BC
BC
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